Ancient prophecies
Contents
- 1 Ancient Prophecies
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Confirmed Phenomena
- 1.3 Rumored and Speculative Phenomena
- 1.3.1 Draugr
- 1.3.2 Selkies
- 1.3.3 Will-o'-the-Wisp
- 1.3.4 The Headless Horseman
- 1.3.5 La Llorona
- 1.3.6 The Green Man
- 1.3.7 The Wild Hunt
- 1.3.8 Baba Yaga
- 1.3.9 Cockatrice
- 1.3.10 Alp
- 1.3.11 The Kappa
- 1.3.12 The Cintamani Stone
- 1.3.13 The Banshee
- 1.3.14 The Pukwudgie
- 1.3.15 The Kitsune
- 1.3.16 The Black Shuck
- 1.3.17 The Yuki-onna
- 1.3.18 The Nuckelavee
- 1.3.19 The Dullahan
- 1.3.20 The Valkyries
- 1.3.21 The Loup-Garou
- 1.3.22 The Morrígan
- 1.3.23 The Kelpie
- 1.3.24 The Chupacabra
- 1.3.25 The Leshy
- 1.3.26 The Jorōgumo
- 1.3.27 The Tarasque
- 1.3.28 The Afanc
Ancient Prophecies
“The old stories didn’t die. They changed.”
Overview
This page compiles legends, prophecies, and mythic phenomena encountered or speculated upon in the world of *Apocalyptica Arcanum*. All entries have roots in real-world folklore and mythology prior to January 18th, 1886. Some have been confirmed through direct encounters; others remain the subject of fear, rumor, and forbidden research.
Confirmed Phenomena
Wendigo
Source Legend: Algonquian mythology (North America)
Modern Interpretation: A shard-twisted spirit of endless hunger, now called the "Frozen Hunger" in West America.
Status:
- Confirmed Encounter**
The Black Dog and the Two-Faced Woman
Source Legend: Lakota mythology
Modern Interpretation: A spiritual warning of unraveling — the Black Dog devours hope; the Two-Faced Woman lures souls into ruin.
Status:
- Confirmed Encounter**
Abhartach
Source Legend: Irish folklore
Modern Interpretation: An immortal vampiric tyrant, now whispered of as "The Thirsting King" among the drowned cities of Europa.
Status:
- Confirmed Encounter**
The Evangelical Rapture
Source Legend: Christian apocalyptic tradition
Modern Interpretation: A mass vanishing and mutation event after the fall, interpreted as divine judgment by some and magical collapse by others.
Status:
- Confirmed Historical Event**
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Rumored and Speculative Phenomena
Draugr
Source Legend: Norse mythology
Modern Interpretation: Shard-infested corpse-walkers guarding ruined strongholds across the Sea of Ghosts; also called "The Hollowed Kings."
Status:
- Rumored**
Selkies
Source Legend: Scottish folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated shapeshifters seen in the fog banks of Europa, now called "Mistwives" by sailors.
Status:
- Rumored**
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Source Legend: European folklore
Modern Interpretation: Floating shard lights that lure travelers into bogs, known now as "Green Lanterns" among swamp tribes.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Headless Horseman
Source Legend: German and American folklore
Modern Interpretation: A revenant knight fueled by shard-rage, known in Cascadia as "The Rider Without Mercy."
Status:
- Speculated**
La Llorona
Source Legend: Mexican folklore
Modern Interpretation: A spirit of endless mourning who drowns shard-tainted children; still called "The Weeping Woman."
Status:
- Rumored**
The Green Man
Source Legend: British Isles folklore
Modern Interpretation: A living shard-born entity of tangled forests, revered as "The Verdant King" in Europa.
Status:
- Speculated**
The Wild Hunt
Source Legend: Germanic and Norse folklore
Modern Interpretation: An arcane storm of ghostly riders still seen racing across the wastelands under the green auroras.
Status:
- Rumored**
Baba Yaga
Source Legend: Slavic folklore
Modern Interpretation: A twisted, shard-warped witch dwelling in the wandering ruins of Southern Asia, now known simply as "The Hag."
Status:
- Speculated**
Cockatrice
Source Legend: European folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-tainted reptilian beasts that petrify with a hiss; feared as "Stonelash Serpents" in Lemuria.
Status:
- Rumored**
Alp
Source Legend: Germanic folklore
Modern Interpretation: Nightmare creatures feeding on the minds of shard-weary travelers, now called "Dreamleeches."
Status:
- Speculated**
The Kappa
Source Legend: Japanese folklore
Modern Interpretation: Amphibious shard-mutants haunting river deltas and flooded ruins in Oceana; often called "Shellbacks."
Status:
- Rumored**
The Cintamani Stone
Source Legend: Buddhist and Hindu mythology
Modern Interpretation: A shard relic said to grant visions of the Beforetimes, sealed somewhere within the jungles of Atlantis.
Status:
- Speculated**
The Banshee
Source Legend: Irish folklore
Modern Interpretation: Spirit-women wailing across shattered battlefields; modern scavengers call them "Gravewives."
Status:
- Rumored**
The Pukwudgie
Source Legend: Wampanoag Native American folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-twisted gremlins, tricksters of the ruined forests of West America.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Kitsune
Source Legend: Japanese folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shape-shifting shard spirits that weave illusions to steal vital essence; now called "The Ninefold."
Status:
- Speculated**
The Black Shuck
Source Legend: English folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated black hounds hunting the lost and the damned across Atlantic coastal ruins.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Yuki-onna
Source Legend: Japanese folklore
Modern Interpretation: A shard ghost of the snows, seen luring travelers to their deaths along the glaciers of Arctica.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Nuckelavee
Source Legend: Orcadian (Scottish) folklore
Modern Interpretation: A skinless shard monstrosity that poisons the waters of the Bengal Isles.
Status:
- Speculated**
The Dullahan
Source Legend: Irish folklore
Modern Interpretation: A shard-blighted herald of death, carrying a burning emerald shard as its lantern.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Valkyries
Source Legend: Norse mythology
Modern Interpretation: Rogue shard-spirits that harvest souls from dying battlefields; now called "The Shardmaidens."
Status:
- Speculated**
The Loup-Garou
Source Legend: French-Canadian werewolf myths
Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated berserkers found among the war-clans of Dixie.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Morrígan
Source Legend: Irish mythology
Modern Interpretation: A shard-bound war spirit, whispering destruction to kings and generals before their downfall.
Status:
- Speculated**
The Kelpie
Source Legend: Scottish folklore
Modern Interpretation: Water shard-creatures that drag travelers under when crossing marshes and lakes.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Chupacabra
Source Legend: Latin American folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated livestock hunters; blamed for the devastation of rural farming villages in Cascadia.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Leshy
Source Legend: Slavic folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-touched forest guardians that can twist paths and illusions to trap wanderers.
Status:
- Speculated**
The Jorōgumo
Source Legend: Japanese folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-mutated spider spirits that lure prey by singing from ruined cities.
Status:
- Rumored**
The Tarasque
Source Legend: French folklore
Modern Interpretation: A colossal shard-beast, blamed for the destruction of early settlements in Southern Asia.
Status:
- Speculated**
The Afanc
Source Legend: Welsh folklore
Modern Interpretation: Shard-born lake monsters of Atlantis’s inland seas, hunting travelers beneath the green-glow waters.
Status:
- Rumored**
